Historical trend
Trend summary
Homicide rate was 0.9 per 100k in 2025-03, down from 0.9 per 100k in 2024-03.
Trend
- Over the available record (1967–2025-03), it has ranged from 0.7 per 100k in 1969 to 1.8 per 100k in 2003-03.
- The latest reading is below the record average of 1.1 per 100k.
Context
- ONS publishes homicide statistics annually based on the year ending March; figures are 'currently recorded as homicide' and are subject to revision as inquests conclude.
- Rates are per 100,000 population of England and Wales; the ONS appendix tables publish rates per million, divided by 10 here.
Generated from the published series — describes direction, magnitude and range only, with no editorial judgement or forecasts.
G7 comparison
UK ranks #4 of 7 in the G7 (lower is better)
🇯🇵 Japan
0.2 per 100k
🇮🇹 Italy
0.5 per 100k
🇩🇪 Germany
0.8 per 100k
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
0.9 per 100k
🇫🇷 France
1.4 per 100k
🇨🇦 Canada
2.1 per 100k
🇺🇸 United States
6.3 per 100k
About this indicator
- Source
- ONS/ Home Office
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Last updated
- 3 August 2026
- Next update
- 3 August 2027
- Licence
- OGL v3
- Direction
- ↓ Falling
Statistics
- Latest
- 0.9 per 100k
- Period high
- 0.9 per 100k
- Period low
- 0.9 per 100k
- Period average
- 0.9 per 100k